Today, we are
watching an economic global crisis and most people wonder about their
personal financial future. When it comes to usage of money, maybe people can
be grouped as:
1) basic workers: to fulfill basic needs
2) common workers: to fulfill their vanity
3) extra ordinary workers: to help others
4) keepers: hold on to the money
5) investors: to increase the gains
In which group are you?
What do you do with your money?
a) keep it
b) share it
c) buy
d) invest
Any laymen know that the economy is good when the money flows everywhere.
If it is stuck somewhere or misused, the economy eventually collapses.
So, the next question is: once your basic needs are taken care of, what
to you do with the rest of your $$?
a) Save it in the bank
b) Buy more (clothes, jewelry, cars, houses, etc.)
c) Get more pleasure (liquor, cigars, foods, sweets, sex, travels, etc.)
d) Give it to charity
e) Give it to support Satguru's (saintly person) work
f) Invest in:
- Business such as: factories, real estate, entertainment, tourism,
energy, food, drugs, weapons, war, etc.

Some of these might be very good. Is there any
investment accessible to anyone? Agnihotra heals the atmosphere and our mind.
Also, when we do Agnihotra (the basic Yajnya), we are investing with
certainty. Agnihotra is a prescribed duty (Dharma) that leads to
prosperity (Arhat). Logically, the good actions will lead to good
results. Agnihotra can help anyone to become an extra ordinary
worker and investor. Agnihotra is the basic process of the Fivefold
Path. Practice the Fivefold Path (Yajnya, Daana, Tapa,
Karma and Swadhyaya). This is the highway to peace, love, wisdom, joy and
prosperity.
Remember, Agnihotra is the Greatest Investment for most people. Put it
to the test and let the great law, the law of Grace, operate. OM OM OM.

"I am 46 years old. After I was in the first Agnihotra,
while I was
returning home, I lost something sticky from the eye. I
looked at myself in the mirror and found that I had lost
most of the pterigium (outgrowth on the eye). That was a
miracle. It happened with the first Agnihotra. Only a little
bit is left.
We found Agnihotra so magic, so good, and so beautiful that
we decided to practice it at sunrise and sunset. I
was continuously telling my husband "love, take the Agnihotra ash", because he suffered of rhinitis. After a few
days, when he realized that he did not have any more problems,
he looked for the ash by himself. He was suffering of rhinitis
for more than 20 years and in less than 3 weeks it was taken
care of. Also, there is more harmony in the house. I have
noticed a psychological change within me . I suffered a lot
since childhood. My father was an alcoholic and womanizer.
He left my mother with 6 children for another lady.

Azucena Perez with her husband
Miguel Angel Lasprilla at Agnihotra

When this happened, my mother gave us
some poison to put an end to everything, but a lady walked
into the house and saved us. Still, my mother was very
nervous and worried because of our economical situation. So
I was psychologically very disturbed, although I have
searched for help and utilized many therapies, including
Yoga. Now I have found the Peace in my Heart and Light in my
mind. This happened with the Agnihotra fire. After all, I
still have the same home, the same husband, the same
situation, but I could not be grateful and peaceful. Now I
feel very happy, I have everything, I have my body, health,
my husband, my house, etc. and I am very grateful. It is a
state of joy. Before I was very depressed.
Another effect of this Homa fire is that it improved
the relationship with my husband. We feel very close and
harmonious now. We forgot about the many differences we had. Our
relationship is very, very harmonious; he is more loving
and attentive."

Elizabeth CortesBogota, Colombia, South America

"I am 53 years old. I went to the Expo Harmony
Festival in the Botanical Garden where there were a
lot of activities with Yoga, vegetarianism,
presentations of alternative medicines and other very
beautiful things. I enjoyed it a lot, but I also had
a strong headache and therefore I did not want to
stay longer than necessary. I get these headaches
because of the use of the cell phone. By the way, my
father died with cancer in the brain, because of the
cell phone. I was desperate with this pain. But
after the Agnihotra was finished, the pain was gone
and it has not returned. I can speak on the cell
phone and

no pain. This happened 15 days
ago and the pain has not returned. Homa Therapy is
very effective and I am very grateful. Now I am
starting with the practice of Agnihotra because I
know that many of my problems will be solved."

HOMA FIRES IN THE SCHOOL
‘Joaquín de los Andes’ School, Port Montt, Chile

Teacher Claudia Flores informs us about the happenings with Homa
Therapy in the school:
"This is a Special School whose students are deaf children from
the town of Port Montt, Chile. We have 18 students from a few
months old to twelve years of age. Thanks to the love and
openness
of several professionals, the project with the fires Homa was
started in 2006 and it keeps going till today.
I learned about Homa Therapy and fell in love with it. Claudia,
the director of the school, suggested to incorporate it within
the educational practices. It was an entire success. We
started by explaining to the parents and children what Homa Therapy
was all about. We showed some videos and educational drawings;
we showed the Agnihotra pyramid and the different Homa materials
and we prepared cow dung among other activities.
It was wonderful to see how the power of the mantra along with
the heat, the light and the fragrance of the Homa fire brought
about a change in their attitude. The children were calmer, some
were a little sleepy and their attention was directed towards
the fire. It was a moment of peace and quietness during the week,
not only for the children but also for the adults who
participated.
That year, we participated in a scientific school fair, where we
showed these Homa fires. The children explained through sign
language what they have learned to other children. We showed
pictures, videos, educational material, etc. Our participation
was so well received that 2 months later we were invited to be
part of a school fair for the whole region, where we talked more
about Homa Therapy. By the end of the school year, the school
board decided to incorporate Homa Therapy as part of our educational project. It became an intrinsic part of our school.
During the following year, we continued practicing the Homa
fires weekly with the children and we started to give some
workshops to the parents about the use of the Agnihotra ash.
Then we went back to the Scientific Fair with the project of
‘Homa Medicines’, where people experienced Agnihotra, took the
ash, prepared some Agnihotra medicines and shared them with
children of other schools. We included the Agnihotra ash
medicines into the first-aid emergency kit of the school, which
could be used at any time. After practicing Homa Therapy and
applying its medicines, I realized that it has been tremendously
valuable for everyone. A whole community opened up to receive it
and share it. This is a precious opportunity to share between
children and adults. This empowers everyone in education with a
way to do something different and teach how we can love and care
for the planet easily and effectively.
Ms. Hilda, school manager: "We have been practicing Homa Therapy
for 2 years in the school. We have noticed that Kristel has been
doing very well. According to the doctors she has a respiratory
problem and should not be exposed to smoke and dust, but she
breathes and relaxes very well. She is more sociable and more
attentive. HOMA THERAPY IS LIKE A BATH OF POSITIVE ENERGY FOR
ALL. Homa Therapy is so familiar to us that we sing the mantra
at home."

We were invited to a
regional Scientific Fair with the project of
‘Homa Medicines’, where people experienced Agnihotra, took the ash,
prepared some Agnihotra medicines and shared them with the children of
other schools.

We
participated in a Scientific School Fair, where we showed the Homa fires.
The children explained through sign language what they had learned to
other children. We showed pictures, videos, educational material, etc.

"Mr. O.P.RUPELA, scientist in Microbiology from Andhra Pradesh
visited our Homa Organic Farm on 23 August this year and
remarked the following:
'The crop production system in this Homa farm reflects a
complete balance, which can only be achieved when Nature is
in perfect balance and harmony. The farm is a good place of
education and research for agricultural scientists...'
This year (2008), India is experiencing erratic rains
which have resulted in heavy crop losses. March is supposed
to be a hot and dry. But streams and rivers were flooded and ready to harvest wheat in Northern
Karnataka, Rice in Kerla and pulses in the coastal

area of
Karnataka were destroyed. In the last 50 years, I have never
seen a monsoon climate in this area in the month of March.
Surprisingly, these rains happened after I had
harvested my 4 acres of wheat,intercropped with
sugarcane. And actually these heavy rains were a boost for
my coffee, pepper, sugarcane and one month old summer
groundnut. Then, the month of April up to May 20th was a dry
spell. Four Agriculture students from Dharwar University
stayed on our farm to study Homa organic principles.

Sugar cane
intercropped with wheat.

Three of them were not
sure about the effects of Homa, they thought that just
organic is enough. I had already told them about my earlier
experiences of 2000, 2003 and 2004 when it had rained only
on my farm and village. On May 13th, we were all working on
the farm, it was hot and there was no trace of a cloud
anywhere. Exactly at 2.00 pm in the afternoon a small cloud
formed over our farm only, the remaining sky was clear blue.
Suddenly a sound of thunder came from within the cloud and
rain drops poured down only on our farm area with bright sun
rays in the background. All the workers, the students and I
were surprised about the 20 minute rainfall.
Pre monsoon rains started on May 20th. My 5 acres of summer
groundnut were still not fully matured because of late
sowing in February. Only in the 1st week of June I was able
to harvest and I needed sunshine that week to dry the
harvested groundnut. The metrological department had
predicted an early monsoon. It rained till 28th of May and
then it stopped. On June 10th I finished my harvesting and
drying of the groundnut along with sowing of 3 acres of rice
and then the Monsoon continued till 16th of June. I
immediately sow 1 acre of groundnut and once again the rains
followed!
During monsoon there is always a shortage of farm workers. I
had to undertake weeding in 14 acres sugarcane, 3 acres rice
and 1 acre groundnut and I needed the rain to stop.
Unbelievably, there was a dry spell in our area between
24th of June till 4th of August in which I could finish all
the weeding. But farmers all over Northern Karnataka who had
done sowing in May were loosing their crop. I absolutely had
no problems. However, I did increase the hours of Tryambakam
Homa beginning with July 20th.

The heavy rains
started again on August 4th and our Ghataprabha river was
flooded and the Hidkal Dam was full in just one week. The
back water entered on one acre of our rice field and one
particular variety, Krishna Kumud, was totally submerged in
water. (left)

I thought I would loose the seeds of a
rare variety of black aromatic rice as the dam was full. In
the third week of August the water in the dam reduced and
our Black Rice was saved. Now, all the rice is
out of water and we are looking forward to a good harvest.
(photo below) So, in times of drastic climatic changes which are occurring
in every part of the world, we survive and succeed using
Homa Therapy. I had the same

experience in past that whenever there
was need of rain, it rained, although surrounding area was
all drought. And when in the surrounding area heavy rains
came and it harmed the crops, just in our area no rains came
and there was no destruction. Reading today's (11th Sept 2008) newspaper
headlines: "Heavy Rains in Bidar District of Karnataka
destroys millions of Rupees worth of pulses", "Neem tree,
which flowers in the month of April is flowering now".
(The weather is crazy.) We are thankful for having Homa in our life."

PLASTIC BAGS
Information emitted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
of the United States reveals that we waste away between 500
trillions and a quintillion plastic bags approximately around
the world every year. Less than 1% of the bags it is recycled.
It is more expensive to recycle a plastic bag that to produce
a new one. “A rough economy exists behind the recycle of the
plastic bags. To process and to recycle a ton of plastic bags
costs $ 4.000; the same quantity is sold in the market for $
32.00", said Jared Blumenfeld, Director of the EPA in San
Francisco.Prohibit plastic bagsBangladesh prohibited the plastic bags; China prohibited the
free plastic bags. Ireland was the first in Europe in putting
taxes on the plastic bags in the 2002. So, it has reduced the
consumption in 90%. In the 2005, Rwanda prohibited the plastic
bags.
Israel, Canada, western India, Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, Africa
of the South, Taiwan and Singapore have also prohibited or they
are in the process of prohibiting the plastic bags. On March 27
the 2007, San Francisco was the first city of EE.UU. prohibiting
the plastic bags. Oakland and Boston are considering the
prohibition.The plastic bags are made of polyethylene: a
thermoplastic that is obtained from the petroleum, a non renewable resource that provokes so many
fights and wars...

Deaths of thousands of animals such as birds, turtles,
sea lions and many fish are caused by the intake of plastic
bags. They confuse them with food (Greenpeace estimates that
more than 18.000 pieces of plastic bags are floating in each km of
our oceans.)The time that takes a plastic bag to decompose: It is
calculated that the garbage of plastic bags take a long time
(approx. 100 to 400 years) to break down when they
are treated technically; in some cases, they never
decompose.
There is also an increment in the risk of cancer due to toxic chemical compounds that
some plastics contain. ¡¡Say "NO" to plastic bags!! -
Let's use cloth bags.

Cost of Deforestation is vastly Greater than that of the Current
Financial Crisis.We are actually losing more money through
deforestation than through the current financial meltdown.

The reasoning behind this is clear when we start calculating the
often overlooked value of Natural Capital - resources provided
by our environment including minerals, water, air, sunlight,
heat, plants, animals, and other organic matter. Looking at the
costs of deforestation and other forms of resource depletion
from a purely economic perspective may seem perverse to many
environmentalists, but it may be the only way that these issues
are ever going to get real attention from government, big
business, and society at large. The study cited by the BBC comes
from a Deutsche bank economist who states: ... whereas Wall
Street by various calculations has to date lost, within the
financial sector, $1-$1.5 trillion, the reality is that at
today's rate we are losing natural capital at least between
$2-$5 trillion every year (emphasis mine) Bear in mind that's an
annual cost... and it's just about forests. Burning or
bulldozing complex ecosystems such as tropical forests removes
the benefits that those ecosystems provided for a short term
gain - such as whatever price you can get for the lumber. But
leaving an ecosystem more-or-less intact allows it to continue
to provide "ecosystem services" such as clean air and water,
plant pollination, climate regulation, soil regeneration, ozone
protection, shade and shelter, etc. - all of which must be
replaced by artificial means costing lots of money. If you
want to get even more depressed, read the Stern Review which
attempts (not without some criticism) to calculate the overall
cost of climate change in general.
Now, the good news: The fact that calculations like this are
being made means that economists, governments, and businesses
are starting to listen. It also provides hard data that didn't
exist in the past to make the case for land conservation,
resource efficiency and a more proactive stance on environmental
issues in general.

On Sunday Sept. 21st Agnihotra
was part of the Expo Harmony Fair in the Botanical Garden. This New
Age Fair, which attracted many people, was organized by TV star, Xiomi
and the Foundation 'Vida Sana'. It was an outdoor festival with
music, songs, dance, vegetarian food and many stands showing how to live
a healthier life. The practice of Agnihotra crowned this event creating
a sense of unity, warmth and love.
Of course, if we make Agnihotra the center of our life, everything else
falls into place without much effort. Try it!

Sunday, Sept 28th Homa
Therapy presentation - "PEACE for BOGOTA"
About 300 people gathered in the 'Maloca' of the Botanical Garden
to learn about Homa Therapy through an introductory talk, a video
presentation and all experienced the Healing Power of Agnihotra at
sunset where close to 20 Homa fires created a wonderful peaceful and
loving atmosphere. All the people received a packet of Agnihotra ash
labeled with a phone number for more info. Many people are calling. So much
need everywhere for true healing on many levels which the practice of
Agnihotra brings.
The Maloca is a meeting hall established by the 'Muysca' Tribe in
accordance to a certain geographical position and orientation .They are
the original people of Bacata (original name of Bogota meaning
'River of diamonds'). It is energetically the 'Heart of
the city Bogota'. This meeting has been a blessing to everyone present.
Massive Agnihotra
meetings are taking place in this special
energetic space every Sunday. We want to express our thanks also to Mr. Suagagua
Neusa, Mr. Herman Martinez Gomez, Dr. Jose Antonio Magmud, Dr. Orlando Gomez,
Mr. Michel Molina, Mr. Jaime Valbuena and all the helpers who made this wonderful healing event
possible and who continue their support.

Daily
Agnihotra meetings and sharing of experiences in the home of the Drs.
Orlando Gomez and his wife Julia Emma Garzon. Several Agnihotris have many years of constant
practice and many miracles to tell. The
family of Light is growing every day ...

The Chief of the Muysca tribe ,
Mr. Suagagua Neusa, his wife Timi and others members came to get special
Agnihotra training in order to be able to share it with others. Mr. Suagagua immediately felt the bond of brotherhood and acceptance
beyond words through the common practice of these Sacred Healing Fires.

Dora Luz
Aragon, Dr. Marco Aurelio Cabezas and his wife Esperanza
Paredes invited us to come to Ibague, Dept. of Tolima to
promote Homa Therapy in this city. Their daughter,
psychologist Linda Cabezas arranged Radio and TV interviews and
also a meeting with a group of school teachers (photo below
right). There were wonderful meetings sharing Agnihotra
with the family (Photo right) and friends
(photo below), who also started the practice of this
simple and powerful healing fire.

This Video presen-tation about Homa Therapy and its effects
in Human Health and
farming raised a lot of interest at the 'University of Tolima'.
After evening Agnihotra, a lady reported relief from a
pain in her arm. She had for several weeks.

A group of people arrived at the 'Foods' Restaurant in the
Plaza Bolivar (the Center of Ibague) to learn more about the
power of Homa Therapy and to share Agnihotra. (bottom) Homa Eco news in
Radio Ibague.

Raaja Fischer,
Wendland, Germany:
Agnihotra during a lecture we gave about Homa Therapy at the
Demeter farm of Tangsehl in our area. About 50 people attended
and there was much interest. Some of the people belong to
our Agnihotra group now.

Here, you see the
Agnihotra Tipi at our Unicorn Natural Voice & Dance Camp this
year in July (Wendland, North Germany). We were about 140 adults
and 60 kids at the camp , singing and dancing every day.
Agnihotra provided a harmonious atmosphere for all these things
to happen.

THAILAND

Rob Bagnall, Chiang Mai, Thailand
After 3 months Homa Therapy, I observe:
The snails and fish are really coming back to life here next to
the house. I walked outside in the back of the house this
morning and looked in the water and there were snails
everywhere. Fish are back and the chickens from next door now
prefer to come into my yard as apparently the earth worms are in
greater quantity. The coconuts which we took pictures of are
also growing noticeably daily. All the flowering plants and
trees in the yard behind the house are showing signs of
improvement. The leaves have stopped turning brown and are have
nice green, almost shiny. Also I have noticed a lot of new
healthy growth. I like to call it the 'Genesis Effect'. It seems
as there is a rebirth of numerous species of valuable insects,
birds, fish, micro-organisms, etc. all in such a short period of
time. It really is extraordinary.

Photo above: The coconut shows old bunches with 3 and 4 fruits
and new growth with up to 20 fruits forming since Homa Therapy
is practiced.

Photo left: Dr. Suwiwek, Robert Bagnall and Anne Godfrey doing
Agnihotra in the back yard.

The first
Homa Organic Farming Training Course at Tapovan was held
in July 2008. It was a 3 day residential camp attended
by 20 farmers and agriculture extension workers.
Participants were mainly locals

from Jalgaon district,
the banana belt of India. But we had people from as far
afield as Mumbai, Karnataka and Uttaranchal.
The training course was presented by Fivefold Path
Mission. The course was conducted by Bruce Johnson and
Sanjay Patil, manager of Tapovan in 3 languages -
English, Hindi and Marathi. Hrishikesh Paranjpe, Dilip
Patil and Sanjay Roman assisted with translations.
Topics covered were:

Present
status of agriculture

Homa
Organic Farming - Evergreen Revolution

Applications of Homa Therapy in agriculture

Vermicompost and Gloria Biosol

Agnihotra and Om Tryambakam Homa

Resonance Point

Farmers' friends - cow, earthworm and honey bee

Ecological Pest Management

Homa
farming results and Testimonial videos

These
Organic Homa Trainings classes are ongoing. For further
information please see:
www.tapovan.net

A Garden +
Homa Therapy= Health.
A garden by itself can mean health. If we apply Homa
Therapy, the healing goes beyond the physical body.
Homa Farms exist all over the world and Olmue is one of
them. Organic Homa Gardens are showing the way to get great
healthy yield at a low cost. The moment has come to develop this
type of gardening. The Homa Garden balances all the
ecosystems and promotes health.

All those sensual pleasures are totally automated in the average person.
Any opportunity to seek pleasure is quickly grasped by the mind and
automatically the intellect tries to find ways how that enjoyable
situation can be extended.
If your goal in life is God intoxication, liberation, 'Not my will but
Thy will be done' then you have to make special effort to get out of the
grooves of mental behavior and set in to motion another automated
behavior pattern. Instead of sense enjoyment you have to think how you
become a better instrument to execute HIS will. You have to make a
serious conscious effort to achieve this. This is a very special process
in your life. When you succeed in doing this you will come to know what
real joy in life is. Simultaneously you will be accumulating great good
Karma without attachment to the fruit and the Law of GRACE operates.
First you have to make your vessel empty before Sadguru can pour HIS
Grace in it. This means all your selfishness has
to go. For this to happen begin practice of AGNIHOTRA and
DAAN, the two material aids of happy life. Concentrate your mind on the
Sadguru. Take Mantra as a help.

Mantra should be steadily repeated with attention on the energetic
meaning. Thus the energy field is maintained by repetition.
Yajnya fire atmosphere takes you from gross to more subtle levels of
consciousness. It is a place where the Supreme Power, Almighty power
bends towards us, to bless us. Get into the habit of performing Karma
for self purification and automatically you will be lifted higher into
HIS Kingdom of GRACE.
You may feel lonely or deserted. However every single thought of yours
is known to the Divine. If your prayer is earnest and if you are trying
to be more and more pure, if your aim is to be most fitting instrument
to spread HIS Grace towards other human beings it shall be done and your
load of past Karma is reduced.
Practice the Fivefold Path of Yajnya, Daan, Tapa, Karma, and Swadhyaya.
You will be lifted from the valley of death and illusion into the
Kingdom of Heaven which is within us.

On tribes
Yes, yes. This is a community of more creative beings, yet it is
also a type of family.
Let us address the issue of tribes. Tribes are formed when beings
are drawn together by a common denominator, such as family, similar
spiritual interests, and basic similarities as individuals forming a
whole. However, tribes go beyond even this minimalist definition.
Tribes are often even primal by nature. Beings drawn together by a
force greater than themselves form a tribe. There is often a
non-verbal communication which goes on, beyond words and
definitions, beyond rules and guidelines which later form the
structure of an otherwise organic form. There is also an innate
recognition when you meet a member of your tribe. That tribe can be
spread across the world, but the commonality of the members is as if
all were in one moment of time and one place in the world.
The fire of Agnihotra can cross lines from one tribe to the next and
that no one tribe can lay claim to it being only for them. Agnihotra
truly is a universal tool for rejuvenation of body, mind, spirit and
environment. ...
One’s tribe may include beings from every walk of life, every race,
religion, and creed. This is the reason why many beings have shifted
and are continuing to do so, to other countries. The place of one’s
birth is no longer a sentence handed down by familial bonds, but a
stepping off point which is likely going to take one far to one’s
final place of being. Therefore, one may find him or her self in an
entirely different culture on the other side of the world and
yet, feel more at

home there than in one’s country of
origin. It is now like that, the global family being greater than
that of one’s immediate ancestry. ...

On spiritual path
... When one ventures upon a path, call it ‘spiritual’, his or her
initial reasons may be self-serving—seeking inner peace or a better
life, seeking quiet, a healthier way of life. However, if one truly
moves on one’s ‘spirit’ path and does not remain poised at the point
of entry, one’s awareness will naturally expand to eventually
include at least glimpses of a harmonious whole. One’s family
expands, one’s bubble grows larger. As one evolves, one begins to
find one’s higher purpose, one’s inner voice with which one can sing
and join the host of other beings yearning for Oneness. And the
harmony becomes whole, as one moves closer to manifestation of one’s
true purpose as a being of Light in a band of Light that encircles
this universe and beyond. Yes and this is only a beginning. OM.